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Date
1840 – 1875
Material
metal; stone
Catalogue Number
103.01.0188
Description
An openwork, red and green enamelled silver pin with red leaves and green gemstones. Symmetrical shape of tiny bush with tiny silver leaves, blossoms and silver balls. Single, large .5 cm dia. red garnet at top with silver leaves forming heart shape below, having large, square, green zircons .4 cm…
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Title
Brooch
Date
1840 – 1875
Material
metal; stone
Dimensions
3.1 x 1.0 x 3.3 cm
Description
An openwork, red and green enamelled silver pin with red leaves and green gemstones. Symmetrical shape of tiny bush with tiny silver leaves, blossoms and silver balls. Single, large .5 cm dia. red garnet at top with silver leaves forming heart shape below, having large, square, green zircons .4 cm square, below and on either side. At each side of lower zircon are two flowing banner like streamers enamelled red and green. Back is flat silhouette of front, with circular holes through at points where jewels and silver balls are attached. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under curled hook clasp.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
CR
Catharine Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0188
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Date
1910 – 1920
Material
metal; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0112
Description
A small, adjustable, gold wire bracelet with a small gold heart at the front set with a tiny seed pearl. Ends of wire have small wire loops around each other which slide along bracelet to adjust size. Small gold heart soldered to the front of the wire hoop is inset with tiny seed pearl and engraved…
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Title
Child's Bracelet
Date
1910 – 1920
Material
metal; pearl
Dimensions
0.8 x 4.5 x 5.3 cm
Description
A small, adjustable, gold wire bracelet with a small gold heart at the front set with a tiny seed pearl. Ends of wire have small wire loops around each other which slide along bracelet to adjust size. Small gold heart soldered to the front of the wire hoop is inset with tiny seed pearl and engraved around setting with pentagram shape, 14 karat gold.
Subject
Whyte home
jewlery
accessories
fashion
households
adornment
children
Catharine Robb
CR
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0112
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Date
1912 – 1916
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
104.20.0759
Description
A small, square piece of muslin embroidered with flower basket and initials "RR". Small cross stitched flower basket at centre holding pink flowers is framed by a square of light blue. Initials cross stitched below square in 3.0 cm white border. Edged with crudely worked blanket stitch.
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Title
Coaster
Date
1912 – 1916
Material
fibre
Dimensions
9.2 x 9.4 cm
Description
A small, square piece of muslin embroidered with flower basket and initials "RR". Small cross stitched flower basket at centre holding pink flowers is framed by a square of light blue. Initials cross stitched below square in 3.0 cm white border. Edged with crudely worked blanket stitch.
Subject
households
craft
CR
Russell Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0759
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Date
1913
Material
hair; fibre
Catalogue Number
107.02.0024
Description
A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the t…
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Title
Cross Stitch Sampler
Date
1913
Material
hair; fibre
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.4 cm
Description
A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the top in tan colour with cross stitch, with a cross stitched dog filling the space left at the end of the alphabet, then a row of blue cross stitching divides the numerals from 1 through 9 to 0 in light green, ending with the date "1913", then a blue line followed by "Catharine Robb", in pink, "her sampler, aged 7", in light green. Followed by a blue line with a small looped garland of pink flowers hanging from it, and a picture below carefully worked in needlepoint of a basket of flowers at the centre and a tree in pink flowerpot on either side.
Subject
households
decorative
craft
needlework
CR
children
Edith Morse Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0024
Images
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